Miles Mussenden

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Miles Mussenden
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Occupation(s)Actor, music producer
Years active2009-present

Miles Mussenden is an American actor and music producer. He is best known for portraying Otis Johnson in Marvel's Cloak & Dagger .

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Career

Born in London to Guyanese parents, [1] Mussenden and his family moved to Brooklyn where at the age of nine he began to act in school plays.[ citation needed ] He was trained at American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating high school, he entered the music business with his friends and formed Two Friends Records and GrassRoots Entertainment where he produced performers such as Shabba Ranks. Since then, he returned to acting eventually getting a recurring role in the show Army Wives . [2] [3] He was cast as Otis Johnson in Marvel's Cloak & Dagger after having made minor appearances in previous Marvel Cinematic Universe productions. [4] [5]

Personal life

Mussenden works with Front & Center, an organization that "works with the Juvenile Courts as an intervention...for at risk youth[s] who have grown up under some really tough circumstances." He teaches a variety of acting techniques and even writing. [6]

Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009MutedFatherShort
2010Fighting Angels: ExodusStone
2011 The Change-Up AttorneyUncredited
2014 Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn Jim
2015Love for PassionDarryl LoveShort
2015 Max Captain
2015The AtlantanAntwoine
2016Flatbush LuckPatrick
2016 Wild Oats Bernard
2017 Megan Leavey DI VillarrealUncredited
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming Park Ranger
2017 I, Tonya Policeman Tate
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Fighting Angels: The SeriesStone2 episodes
2010Gillian in GeorgiaCoach BobEpisode: "Coach"
2010-2013It's SupernaturalVarious3 episodes
2011 Single Ladies Federal (FBI) Agent2 episodes
2011 Reed Between the Lines ManEpisode: "Let's Talk About Daddy's Little Girl"
2011-2012 Army Wives Sgt. Bennett Billings3 episodes
2012Hidden City with Marcus SakeyMark EssexEpisode: "New Orleans"
2013 Second Generation Wayans Executive Miles1 episode
2013 Revolution Captain WinslowEpisode: "Ghosts"
2013 Nashville Federal AgentEpisode: "Don't Open That Door"
2014 Drop Dead Diva Federal AgentEpisode: "Desperate Housewife"
2014Where's the Love?TimTV movie
2015 Bloodline Clive French2 episodes
2015 Secrets and Lies Tech Mike2 episodes
2015 Complications FoleyEpisode: "Outbreak"
2015 Survivor's Remorse Officer DistonEpisode: "The Date"
2016 Greenleaf DriverEpisode: "A Time to Heal"
2016 Game of Silence Parole Commissioner ParrEpisode: "Ghosts of Quitman"
2016 The Inspectors Hamilton WatkinsEpisode: "Jamaican Lottery"
2016 Containment CharlieEpisode: "He Stilled the Rising Tumult"
2016 Hidden America with Jonah Ray AyasuEpisode: "Atlanta: Past, Present, Living, and Dead"
2016 Stranger Things M.P. Officer PatrickEpisode: "Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly"
2016 Ballers JeffEpisode: "Laying in the Weeds"
2016 Marvel's Luke Cage Guard 3Episode: "Step in the Arena"
2016 Queen Sugar Boogie2 episodes
2017 Mr. Mercedes FullerEpisode: "Ice Cream, You Scream, We All Scream"
2018–2019 Marvel's Cloak & Dagger Otis Johnson Main cast (Season 1)
Guest (Season 2)
2021 The Walking Dead FranklinEpisode: Here's Negan
The Game
2021-2022 Swagger Brett Hughes
2022 Players Rudy Elmore Sr.Recurring role
Tulsa King Hendricks
TBA Doom Patrol Lloyd Jefferson / FrenzyRecurring role season 3

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